5/3/16 5/3/16

Thoughts on Completing and Training for Your First 50 Miler

A little over six months ago, my wife, our two kids, and our brand new puppy, loaded up a 25 foot motorhome and trekked 7 hours northwest of us to the Palo Duro Canyon. Just looking back at this sentence makes me think we were a bit crazy. Not only was it the first time […]

4/28/16 4/28/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 61: Sabbath Rest and Your Identity

I have been thinking a lot about the topic of Sabbath over the course of the last year. It seems that it comes up in more and more of my conversations, and it’s absence in the lives of many people (especially evident in many of the clients I work with), lead to a lot struggles, […]

4/19/16 4/19/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 60: Experimenting with Your Diet to Improve Overall Health, Fitness, and Relationships

Over the course of the last 3 years I have really been experimenting with my diet. That is to day, I have been adding and subtracting certain foods that I consume, and then I pay attention to see what the results yield. And it’s because of this experimentation that I have really been arriving at […]

4/13/16 4/13/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 59: Therapy, Running, and the 4 Self-Care Components that Running Engages

Running is not new to this blog or podcast. In fact, I’ve done episodes on various aspects of running before (listen to Episode 20, Episode 25, and Episode 32.) But a couple of things have changed since I last talked about running on the podcast. First, I am just about to complete my certification as […]

4/6/16 4/6/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 58: Learning to Live in the Tension of Our Anxious Impatience

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the struggle we have of living in the tension of things not coming to fruition as quickly as we would like. We live in a fast-paced culture that expects everything on demand…and quickly. But where the tension comes in is that the life of faith is not a […]

3/29/16 3/29/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 57: Discerning Depression in Your Kids

One of the more tricky aspects of working with adolescents is trying to discern at times what is “typical” teenage behavior, and what is depression. I mean most of us can remember back to our own teenage days where we experienced bouts of moodiness, irritability, and wanted to isolate ourselves from others, or at least […]

3/16/16 3/16/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 56: The 3 Day Listening Exercise That Transforms Your Relationships

Over the course of the last 3 months I have really been wrestling with the question of “how good of a listener am I?” I’ve always thought I was a good listener…I mean, my vocation is essentially to listen to people all day. But I’m sure my clients….and my wife, would tell you that I’m […]

3/1/16 3/1/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 55: Pioneering the Work of Restoration Therapy to Transform Relationships — with founder of Restoration Therapy, Author, and Fuller Theological Seminary Professor, Terry Hargrave

I have told this story countless times in person, on the podcast, and in my blog…so I will try and keep it brief. But about 6 years ago I had an experience that forever changed my life. I had just returned from sitting in on and observing a marriage intensive at The Hideaway Experience in […]

2/23/16 2/23/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 54: The Importance of Practice in Creating and Sustaining Change in Your Relationships

This last weekend I had one of the greatest experiences I have ever had…and that was being able to co-lead a marriage workshop with my wife Heather. Over the last 10 years I have had the opportunity to lead a lot of marriage retreats, conferences, workshops, give talks, etc…but this was the first time I […]

2/23/16 2/23/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 53: Families at the Intersection of Faith, Technology and Busy Schedules — with Associate Director of Fuller Youth Institute, Brad Griffin

Fuller Theological Seminary changed my life, so it’s probably not a surprise that you see me talking about the seminary so much. Fuller was and is an amazing community of people who provide a safe place for someone to wrestle with the big questions of faith. Fuller challenged me to think about my faith, rather […]

2/11/16 2/11/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 52: Identifying, Reducing and Eliminating Distractions to Increase Productivity and Presence

“How do you get so much stuff done?” That’s one of the questions that I get quite a bit. Sometimes the comment comes from colleagues who wonder how I have a busy practice and still find time to write, blog, podcast, speak, teach, train for a 50 mile run, etc. And sometimes it comes from […]

2/1/16 2/1/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 51: The Power of Listening to Transform You and Your Relationships — with Author and Spiritual Director, Adam McHugh

I have been looking forward to having this conversation for a long time with my good friend Adam McHugh. Interestingly enough, Adam and I have known each other online for approximately 10 years, but have only met each other one time in person. But talking with Adam is pretty easy (not only because he’s a […]

1/27/16 1/27/16

Rhett Smith Podcast 50: Creating “Keystone Habits” and Keystone Goals to Find Success in New Endeavors

Every year as we turn the calendar from one year to the next, people are strategizing what goals they want to achieve for the year ahead. For years I used to make a list of “New Year’s Resolutions” for myself, sometimes 30-60 items deep. But what would inevitably happen is that the moment I started […]

12/15/15 12/15/15

Rhett Smith Podcast 49: When to Seek Help for Your Anxiety and What to Expect